Lisa is determined to become the only girl at boot camp when she and Bart attend military school. She is about to fall as the students jeer, but Bart cheers her on and she makes it across safely. Suddenly, a tidal wave bursts out, which Bart rides a basketball hoop on having flooded the gym, drenching the school yard and saving Ned with Bart laughing hysterically at this display. He wrote that Bart is normally "not particularly overactive or distractible", and that the writers "trie[d] to make [Bart] seem more hyper than normal".

Club, the '90s saw a "dramatic increase" in diagnoses of behavioral disorders, such as ADHD, in children, and debates over whether or not to medicate children with concentration difficulties were heated. Bart gets Expelled is the second episode in my Fanon. [6], According to Genevieve Koski, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Sean O'Neal, Kyle Ryan, and Scott Tobias of The A.V. One night, however, Marge and Homer come home from a date to find Bart in his room wrapped in aluminum foil and coat hangers on the ceiling. Bartholomew JoJo Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family.He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987.Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed Bart while waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Lewis Clark is a student in Springfield Elementary School. Lisa stirs discontent among the students because she is the first female student and gets her own barracks. It was the second highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following The X-Files. Principal Skinner tells Marge and Homer that Bart must take a radical, untested new behavioral medicine called Focusyn or he will have to expel him. Then a skit featuring Ned and Maude Flanders goes awry. [3] He is most commonly seen playing in the schoolyard or elsewhere with his friend Richard. He also appreciated the episode's message, writing that "the show offers a clever spotlight on [the] issue". He did, however, dislike the characterization of Bart. He once annoyed a guilt-ridden Bart when he hid under a pile of leaves and pretended to be Principal Skinner's corpse,[2] and he failed to vote for Bart in the class presidential election. He has black hair. Anderson. [12] A shirt at the military base Fort Fragg reads "I Went to the Persian Gulf and All I Got Was This Lousy Syndrome", a reference to Gulf War syndrome. Suffering from drug psychosis and paranoia, he claims Major League Baseball is spying on the town using a satellite. There, he points the tank's cannon into the sky and shoots down a Major League Baseball satellite; inside are detailed documents on everybody's behaviors. He concluded by saying that "Bart's a behavior problem but not ADHD.

[6] Azaria also voiced Sir Widebottom, one of the clowns in Krusty's car, as well as one of the marine soldiers. Lonely, Lisa considers going home, but decides to see it through. [12] Homer says that, since taking Focusyn, Bart has gone "from Goofus to Gallant", a reference to the characters Goofus and Gallant from the children's magazine Highlights. He felt that the part involving Mark McGwire was "a silly cop out" and that it wasn't as funny as what was leading up to it. "[16], Five months after the episode aired, Bill Clinton, who served as president of the United States at the time, held the first ever White House conference on Mental Health. "Brother's Little Helper" is the second episode of The Simpsons' eleventh season. Superintendent Chalmers He cuts a swath of destruction through the town and eventually stops at the school. [10] Hosey the Bear, which can be seen in the beginning of the episode, is a reference to the United States Forest Service's mascot Smokey Bear. The living room is shown upside down.

"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" is the twenty-fifth episode and season finale of Season 8. Lewis is one of Bart's friends and fellow fourth-graders in Mrs. Krabappel's class. "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" is the twenty-fifth and final episode of The Simpsons' eighth season. The staff discussed whether Bart's pupils would be bigger or smaller than normal while he is on the drug. [4], The episode originally aired on May 18, 1997, as the season finale, along with a rerun of "The Springfield Files. In the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", his hair color and skin complexion changed during one scene in the episode. [12] When Lou sketches Bart based on Homer and Marge's description he ends up drawing Dennis from the comic strip Dennis the Menace. "Brother's Little Helper" is the second episode of The Simpsons' eleventh season. In response to the episode, five months after the episode originally aired, United States president Bill Clinton held the first ever White House conference on Mental Health. [17], In 2007, the fictional word "exorcism tongs" appeared in Cracked.com's list "From Cromulent to Craptacular: The Top 12 Simpsons Created Words", ranking in at number 10. About nine years after its original broadcast, Robert Canning of IGN posted a "flashback review" of "Brother's Little Helper". It was first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1999. Canning, calling the episode "funny" and "a standout episode in this later season", was particularly fond of the episode's opening. [2] Co-producer Tim Long jokingly commented that the script was "literally moist with contempt" but went on to say that it was in fact "an amazing draft". [2] The episode criticizes how children with school issues are being misdiagnosed as having ADHD, as well as the prescription of psychostimulants to children in general. In its original American broadcast on October 3, 1999, "Brother's Little Helper" finished at no. He was seen with Nina Skalka at the Le Petite Appetit during the episode, "The Daughter Also Rises". Following its broadcast, "Brother's Little Helper" received positive reviews from critics. [11] After Bart has flooded the school gym, Skinner can be seen wiping mud off his eyes in an homage to American actor Oliver Hardy. He also stated that he was put off by the writers wanting to come across a message. [1] The writers discussed what sort of rampage Bart would go on during the second act, and writer Matt Selman suggested that Bart obtain a tank. [8] Meyer himself was not entirely sure about his stance on the issue, however. Bart is prescribed a psychostimulant drug called Focusyn (a parody of Ritalin), and initially starts paying more attention to his studies. Bart wanders onto a U.S. Army base and manages to hijack a tank. The episode features former Major League Baseball player Mark McGwire as himself. "[5] The episode was mistakenly anticipated by some as being about Lisa launching "a legal battle" to enroll at the military school. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. [2] He was initially so dissatisfied with the first draft that he turned it in with a pseudonym; Vance Jericho. After several failed attempts by Homer, Marge convinces Bart to take the medication and his behavior immediately improves, paying attention in school, being respectful to his parents, and tutoring a Navajo boy in his spare time. Principal Skinner holds a Fire Prevention site at the Springfield Elementary Schoolyard. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 15, 2005. He stated that "for all I know, the drugs help [the children] and help the world." The doctors recommend that Bart go off Focusyn, but he refuses, swallows several handfuls of Focusyn and runs away. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. It is first seen in the scene where Bart is reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pre-teens": a cheek line is added just under his eyes to suggest that he is starting to change. The Simpsons sit down, but fall to the floor (the true ceiling). [4] In fact, psychostimulants used to treat ADHD are more likely to cause pupils to become bigger (dilated). Due to the fact that he rarely speaks, he has no specific voice actor. However, he was less impressed with the third act of the episode, calling it "lackluster". Throughout the series, Lewis has been voiced by Jo Ann Harris, Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor and Maggie Roswell. After the ceremony, Homer and Marge tell the kids they will visit Disneyland "for real" this time, but instead drive them to a dentist's office. [4] The spiky blond-haired boy, who runs towards the Eliminator while screaming, is a caricature of director Mike B. It's likely the two were dating during the episode and it's possible Nina is Lewis' girlfriend. A scene in the episode shows Marge standing in front of the tank Bart has stolen. Mike Scully, an executive producer and the show runner for the episode, commented that McGwire was "probably the biggest man [he'd] ever seen" and that he "did a great job for [them]". He is one of Bart's friends, and one of only a handful of African-American students at the school. [3], To show the side effects Focusyn had on Bart, the animators made slight changes to his face as the episode progressed. [2] Bart gets sent to a military academy as punishment for bad behavior. As there had been an error in the final print of the episode, the shot was animated, painted and shot on May 16, 1997, the Friday before the episode's airdate. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1999. Lisa fears she will not be able to complete the task, but Bart helps her train in secret. At night, he wears purple pajamas and purple slippers. In the scene, it is revealed that the general populace of the school is medicated for various misdiagnosed behavior disorders. As the school year comes to a close, the Commandant reveals the final test for the students: the "Eliminator", a hand-over-hand crawl across a rope suspended high above thorn bushes.